A new media news bot

This is cool — and yet another effort to help creators monetize their efforts and their content. In this case, Al Boe, who co-founded the @BreakingNews Twitter service and racked up 1.5M+ followers before it was bought by NBC News, has turned to Purple's platform to launch text-based alerts for $5/mo. One reason why this is worth the price of admission is that it's a two-way street — unlike just turning on notifications for every @alboenews tweet, in this case you get a text with breaking news and then can text back to Al Boe directly to discuss the story. You're basically subscribing to get breaking news texts coupled with mainline access to the reporter.

Thanks @chrismessina for hunting us! I've worked in the breaking news business for 10 years, and it really is an honor to be on Product Hunt. We all have our news sources sending out alert after alert to us over various channels, but AlBoeNEWS is different. In addition to our lightning fast breaking news alerts, we strive to be your personal reporter. Have a question about the story we reported on? Send us a text and we will text back. See a news story that you were curious about? Ask about that and we'll look into it. AlBoeNEWS is striving to be your personal reporter.

Go Purple!!! @rebeccajharris @david_heimann